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Saturday 20 March 2010, 02:41:13

Top news stories from the USA

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Lines Up Behind the New Bill [NYT] 2010-03-19

After 60 years, Time to Say ‘Yes’ to Health Care Reform [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-19

Register Now for Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-19

Teamsters laud Obama for signing jobs bill [Teamsters] 2010-03-18

District of Columbia Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Chief, Called To White House Over Last Minute Health Care Flare Up [Huffington Post] 2010-03-18

Other labor news from USA

Click on the state name to see labor news from that state.

Connecticut CCOSH Leader Steve Schrag Speaks For Injured Pfizer Biotech Worker Becky Mcclain [www.workersmemorialday.org] For more info 2010-03-19

Healthcare bill to cut deficit; AFL-CIO endorses final version [Reuters] 2010-03-19

Left Forum to Discuss Organizing Workers in China [Talking Union] 2010-03-19

IBM stops disclosing U.S. headcount data [ComputerWorld] 2010-03-19

California UNITE HERE Members at LAX Ratify New Contract [UNITE Here!] 2010-03-19

New York Momentive labor hearing delayed three months [Business Review] 2010-03-19

Florida Jackson, SEIU iron out deal [South Florida Business Journal ] 2010-03-19

California Pasadena Unified to consider union labor in future construction projects [Pasadena Star-News] 2010-03-19

Washington Workers rally, plead for more jobs [Seattle Times] 2010-03-19

AFL-CIO backs health care bill despite tax concern [Associated Press] 2010-03-19

Washington Seattle Construction Workers Demand ‘Jobs Now!’ [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-19

California NUMMI Workers Ratify Plant Closing Package [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-19

California NUMMI workers overwhelmingly approve shutdown agreement [Contra Costa Times] 2010-03-19

AFL-CIO Will Support Health Care Despite Last-Minute Setback [Huffington Post] 2010-03-19

Nebraska Union: Firehouse cuts dangerous [Omaha World Herald] For more info 2010-03-18

Nebraska Group calls for firehouse layoffs [Omaha World Herald] For more info Image 2010-03-18

Players' strike threatens start of MLS season [CBC] 2010-03-18

South Carolina When You're Dying You Explore Radical Medication:A Talk With Charleston Longshore Union Leader Ken Riley [Counter Punch] 2010-03-18

Express Carrier Act In House Bill Will Level Playing Field In Package Delivery Industry [Teamsters] 2010-03-18

FAA authorization will put people to work [Teamsters] 2010-03-18

British Airways strike threat: US Teamsters union weighs into cabin crew dispute [Guardian] 2010-03-18

Skanska décroche un contrat pour reconstruire une partie de la station de train du World Trade Center à New-York [IBB] 2010-03-18

Pennsylvania Should cabbies be entitled to workers’ comp? [Philadelphia Inquirer] 2010-03-18

Arkansas Arkansas AFL-CIO says Lincoln 'turned her back' on workers [The Hill] 2010-03-18

California Jerry Brown urges unions to go on the offensive [LATimes] 2010-03-18

New York 1199 Targets McMahon And Arcuri, Supports Maffei [NY Daily News] 2010-03-18

New Immigrant Rights Campaign to Mount Largest March of Obama Era [Beyond Chron] 2010-03-18

Pennsylvania Ruling: SEIU represents Aramark, hotel workers [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2010-03-18

Pennsylvania SEIU wins ruling in labor battle [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] 2010-03-18

Nevada UNITE HERE Members Condemn Las Vegas Company's Anti-Union Campaign [UNITE Here!] 2010-03-18

Ohio Steelworkers protest yearlong layoffs [The Morning Journal] 2010-03-18

Reconstructionist Rabbis Resolve to Reaffirm Workers’ Rights [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-18

California Farewell, Toyota: Union Agrees to Settlement Over Factory Closing [In These Times] 2010-03-18

California In San Francisco, Union Democracy Goes on Trial [In These Times] 2010-03-18

Will Obama Pursue Promised New Approach to Trade, or Continue Bush Model? [In These Times] 2010-03-18

Illinois Chicago Transit union takes fight to Washington [WGN TV] 2010-03-18

Timeout for Labor in Florida [In These Times] 2010-03-18

American Teamster Union May Help BA Strikers [Sky News] 2010-03-18

British Airways strike: dispute goes international as Unite officials meet US union [Daily Telegraph] 2010-03-17

Oregon Labor Split In Oregon Governor's Race [OPB] 2010-03-17

Oregon Union workers demonstrate outside WGME-TV [WCSH6] 2010-03-17

Unions target pro-life Democrats opposing health care [Washington Examiner] 2010-03-17

'Immigrants vulnerable as recession spurs more bosses to shortchange workers' [Washington Post] For more info Image 2010-03-17

Teamsters: the union that passed from father to son [London Times] 2010-03-17

Nebraska Fire union suit could lead to pay increase [Omaha World Herald] For more info Image 2010-03-17

Senate passes jobs bill for Obama’s signature [msnbc] 2010-03-17

Russian Court Orders GM to Reinstate Sacked Union Leader :Leader says he was fired for organizing a strike at the plant [AFP] 2010-03-17

AAUP told to redo election [insidehighered.com] 2010-03-17

California More layoffs to come at UC Davis [insidehighered.com] 2010-03-17

Hyundai Motor Union Chief `Shocked` Over Detroit’s Demise [Dong-a Ilbo] 2010-03-17

West Virginia Guest worker wages hit Va farmers hard [The News and Advance] 2010-03-17

Immigranter kan redde fagbevegelsen [Dagsavisen] 2010-03-17

Kansas State workers to rally at State House [Kansas Workbeat] For more info 2010-03-17

Ohio Janet Long: 'I felt so sick...and scared' [Clean Up Sodexo] 2010-03-16

New voting rules could boost union numbers for airlines [MarketWatch] 2010-03-16

Michigan Walmart fires Battle Creek employee for using medical marijuana [Michigan Messenger] 2010-03-16

Unemployment Likely to Remain Elevated, Geithner Says [WSJ] 2010-03-16

Kraft promises MPs: no job cuts in UK [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Northern Ireland Trade union activist from Northern Ireland Inez hailed as an ‘inspiration’ by Hillary Clinton [Belfast Telegraph] 2010-03-16

California Toyota Calif. plant reaches closing deal with UAW [Reuters] 2010-03-16

Vedanta revives bid battle for Asarco [Financial Times] 2010-03-16

California LA City Workers Steal the Spotlight at Mayor's Pre-Oscar Party [SEIU] 2010-03-16

Arkansas Poultry Workers Fight Back With New Contract [RWDSU] 2010-03-16

Ohio Severstal is Back: 600 Return to Work for Steel Plant Restart [WYTV] 2010-03-16

California UAW reaches tentative agreement with NUMMI [UAW] 2010-03-16

California Union reaches deal to close Toyota-GM plant [AFP] 2010-03-16

Pennsylvania Arlen Specter gets SEIU nod [Politico] 2010-03-16

FedEx says has political clout to stop labor change [Reuters] 2010-03-16

Charges and countercharges of financial misdeeds rile IUOE's leadership [NY Times] 2010-03-16

Union democracy on trial: SEIU vs NUHW [Talking Union] 2010-03-16

Workers’ Stories Put Face on Victims of Wall Street Greed [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-16

California UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement on NUMMI Closing [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-16

District of Columbia Unions Set Protest At NPR [All Access] 2010-03-15

California March for California's future: from Bakersfield to Sacramento [Talking Union] Image 2010-03-15

SAG's board makes peace with rival AFTRA [LA Times] 2010-03-15

Texas Austin cab drivers claim they make 2.75$ an hour [News 8 Austin] 2010-03-15

How the treatment of traumatic brain injuries has changed and the positive role of workers’ compensation [SafetyAtWorkBlog] 2010-03-15

Connecticut Ex-Pfizer Worker Cites Genetically Engineered Virus In Lawsuit Over Firing-Retaliated For Going To OSHA [Hartford Courant] For more info 2010-03-15

Connecticut UAW at Foxwoods members celebrate historic contractUAW at Foxwoods members celebrate historic contract [The Day] 2010-03-14

Connecticut UAW Brokers First Union Contract Under Tribal Law [National Public Radio] 2010-03-14

California Camp Pendleton and labor union officials negotiate new agreement [Marine] 2010-03-14

UAW aims to rebuild, rebound: Experts see incoming president as the right person at the right time [Detroit Free Press] 2010-03-14

Time to Take Tough Action Against China Currency Manipulation [AFL-CIO] 2010-03-14

Florida Miami's pensions pose its biggest financial problem [Miami Herald] 2010-03-14

Tennessee Norma Rae of Memphis. Women of Achievement: Advocate of worker rights commended [The Commercial Appeal] 2010-03-14

New Jersey Gov. Christie undecided on nonunion worker cuts [Daily Record] 2010-03-14

Hawaii United Public Workers union membership OKs new contract [Honolulu Advertiser] 2010-03-14

Nevada Station Casinos workers seek refuge with Culinary Union [Las Vegas Sun] 2010-03-14

New York Building Bridges Radio: Domestic Workers Uniting - “Your Home, My Work” [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 2010-03-13

MLS players vote to strike if no deal by March 25 [Business Week] 2010-03-13

US cabin crews will hold St Patrick's Day protest [Irish Independent] 2010-03-13

Supporting Policy, Governance, and Democracy with Workers in Mind [Border Jumpers] 2010-03-12

Massachusetts Support Shaw's Workers [UFCW] 2010-03-12

California Labor War in the Mojave [The Nation] 2010-03-12

Cananea Mine Battle Reveals Anti-Labor Offensive in Mexico, United States [Americas Program] ActNOW! 2010-03-12

New York Rescue and cleanup workers at Ground Zero reach deal over health claims [NY Times] 2010-03-12

Labor Tensions Threaten Airline Recovery [WSJ] 2010-03-12

'Smoking gun' memo reveals Toyota workers' safety fears [Times of London] 2010-03-11

In Zimbabwe, the Voice of the Worker [Border Jumpers] 2010-03-11

Kraft keeping Cadbury workers in the dark - Dromey [Unite] 2010-03-11